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Former Teacher And Local Lincoln Impersonator Arrested Friday On Prostitution...
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Local Abe Lincoln impersonator and former school teacher George A. Buss of Freeport was arrested Friday morning on charges of child pornography and patronizing a prostitute,...
View ArticleNew CDC data: 94 percent of people who with COVID-19 had other health issues
The overwhelming majority of reported coronavirus-related deaths – 94 percent – involved patients who had at least one other underlying health condition, such as a respiratory illness, diabetes, heart...
View ArticleState officials adjust COVID-19 fatality numbers as they learn more about...
ILLINOIS — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that 6 percent of the nation’s COVID-19 related deaths had COVID-19 listed as the only cause of death while the other 94...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Sole Contributing Cause For Fewer Than 400 Deaths In Illinois
ILLINOIS — For fewer than 400 COVID-19-related deaths in Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic, the virus was the only contributing cause, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
View ArticleIllinois’ Budget Depends On ‘Bailout’ And Progressive Income Tax Amendment
ILLINOIS — As members of Congress get back to work, some are looking for another COVID-19 aid package. President Donald Trump said he doesn’t support bailing out what he called “badly run” Democratic...
View ArticleFHN Offering Drive-Through Flu Shot Clinics
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Adults will be able to get their immunization without leaving their car at this year’s FHN Flu Shot Clinics. Due to precautions helping to stop the spread of the COVID-19 novel...
View ArticleProtesters Gather Outside Michael Madigan’s Home Calling For His Resignation
ILLINOIS — House Speaker Michael Madigan’s home was the site of a protest calling for his resignation. About a dozen green energy advocates with the Sunrise Movement’s Chicago chapter stood on...
View ArticlePritzker Says In-Person Classes In Illinois Are Still A Ways Off
ILLINOIS — Students in Illinois would not be returning to in-person instruction anytime soon if it was up to the state’s governor. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during a COVID-19 briefing on Thursday that he...
View ArticleFSD 145 Board President Resigns
FRFEPORT, ILLINOIS — At tonight’s regular meeting of the Board of Education, Board President Janice Crutchfield was recognized for 12 years of service to FSD 145. For six of those years, Crutchfield...
View ArticleIllinois’ Black Lawmakers Detail Education Agenda
ILLINOIS — Illinois’ Black lawmakers are demanding reforms to the state’s education system they say is failing Black children. The Legislative Black Caucus hosted a news conference at Chicago State...
View ArticlePark Board Candidate Packets Now Available For Two Six-Year Term, Board of...
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Freeport residents will be voting for 2 (two), six-year term, Board of Park Commissioner positions in the Consolidated Election on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. To qualify as a...
View ArticleHCC Lifelong Learning Offers October Schedule To Include In-Person And Online...
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Highland Community College Lifelong Learning October courses include World War II in the Philippines, 3D Printing, and Assassination of Lincoln at HCC and online. Some courses are...
View ArticleIllinois, Federal Proposals Would Give Parents Of Virtual Students More Than...
ILLINOIS — Proposals at the federal level and in Springfield would net the average Illinois parent of a student learning remotely more than $20,000 in cash and tax breaks. A dozen Illinois House...
View ArticleRep. Andrew Chesney Receives “Friend of Agriculture” Award from Illinois Farm...
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — State Representative Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) was among the Illinois Farm Bureau’s honorees for his 100% pro-agriculture voting record during his first full term in the Illinois...
View ArticleHaunted hayrides with limits OK, haunted houses aren’t: Pritzker admin...
ILLINOIS — In a matter of hours, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration changed it’s guidance on hayrides amid concerns over COVID-19, but haunted houses are still prohibited. A state...
View ArticlePritzker To Impose New Restrictions On Region 1 As COVID-19 Positivity Rate...
ILLINOIS — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new restrictions would be put in place for the state’s Region 1 on Oct. 3 as its COVID-19 positivity rate and hospital admissions increase. Two Republican state...
View ArticleFormer Executive Enters Guilty Plea In ComEd Bribery Scandal Designed To...
ILLINOIS — A former ComEd official entered a guilty plea Tuesday, marking the first conviction in a long-running bribery and patronage scandal designed to curry favor with House Speaker Michael...
View ArticleGovernor Can Shut Down Any Part Of State By ‘Adjusting’ Positivity Rate, Says...
ILLINOIS — A state Senator from a region slated for additional COVID-19 restrictions from the Pritzker administration says the governor has too much power flipping the COVID-19 restriction switch. The...
View ArticleFHN Opens Acute Respiratory Clinic in Anticipation of Flu Season and COVID-19...
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — FHN has opened an Acute Respiratory Clinic (ARC) designed to accelerate diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illnesses such as the flu and COVID-19 during the cold weather...
View ArticleAttorney Challenges Pritzker’s Assertion That COVID-19 Restrictions Were...
ILLINOIS — One of the attorneys challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts in court is also challenging the governor’s assertion that business prohibitions work to slow the spread of...
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